"All the stations are up," police Chief Greg Suhr told the newspaper. "Across the board, they are writing more tickets."

San Francisco police have set a goal of writing 50 percent more tickets for five offenses: "running a red light, failure to halt at a stop sign, violating a pedestrian right of way, failure to yield while making a left or U-turn, and speeding," the newspaper reported.

Those are the offenses that lead to the most collisions.

Bicyclists are also receiving more tickets: the percentage of tickets going to pedestrians and cyclists tripled, the newspaper reported.